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The character of Francis Borler is based on real-life person Francis Paudras who died in 1997. The character of Dale Turner played by actual jazz musician Dexter Gordon is based on a combination of real-life jazzmen Bud Powell and Lester Young. The real-life friendship between Paudras and Bud Powell has been the subject of several books.See more »

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Anachronisms: In 1959 Rico reeds came in a tan box, but the box of Rico reeds that Dale has is the modern orange color.See more »

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Eddie Wayne:We would like to open with a tribute to a great jazz musician, a man who died a few years ago. He passed away ahead of us, but he was always doing things... ahead of us. He wrote a song just before he died that we'd like to perform tonight for you. His name is Dale Turner.See more »

This is jazz-fan's delight: tons of jazz, featuring tenor saxophone
with some bebop thrown in. Most of the music is nice mellow stuff and
interesting to hear, even to a non-jazz buff like me.

The music and interesting story made me purchase the DVD, which I have
subsequently watched three or four times and always enjoyed. The story
is pretty laid-back, a simple tale of an American alcoholic sax great
playing in France who reforms because of a French fan who cares about
him.

Dexter Gordon's unique voice makes helps him become an interesting
character to hear and the real-life jazz great proves to be a decent
actor, too. Francois Cluzet plays the admirer who goes out of his way
to help his idol. Gabrielle Haker is pleasant to watch as Cluzet's
young daughter. She always seems to have a beautiful smile on her face.

I don't why this film was rated "R" because there is no sex, no nudity,
little profanity except for a couple of "f-words," which must be the
reason for the rating. Nevertheless, it's a pretty tame movie.

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